Fearless Tyrone Tracys underdog mindset driving Giants breakout: Afraid of no man

Rookie Giants running back Tyrone Tracy Jr.tackles some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: There was a time when you thought of giving up football? A: It was in 2021.

It was very, very frustrating when I was at Iowa.It was a hard time, just because when you’re a ballplayer, you’re a playmaker, you want to help the team in any way you can, and for that not to happen over and over again.

… You go in to have conversation with coaches and things just don’t play out in the game as they do in practice and stuff like that.It just kind of had me looking in the mirror like, “Hey, is football really for me?” And I was ready after 2021 to be like, “This might be my last year.

Would I rather just get my degree,” and go into whatever field that I need to be in.But God had different plans, and now we’re here in New York (laugh). Q: Who did you turn to for advice that made you change your mind about quitting? A: My mom and my dad.

I would always call my mom like, “I can’t do this.” It was super-hard for me to keep going to the facility, like smiling and trying to have a good time when I really wasn’t feeling that way.It was fake energy, and I’m not a fake person.

I’m a real authentic guy, and I give off authentic energy.So whatever you see, that’s who I am.

And for me to go in there and continue to play this game like I’m happy when I’m not, it was really hard and frustrating for me to do that.But she was just like, “Just keep going, keep going, everything’s going to be OK.” It’s hard for her, just like she’s seeing her son struggle, and she really couldn’t like help, but just give me advice, or encourage me.

So it was really hard for her to see me going through that.But yeah, my mom, my dad was just telling me, “Just keep going, just do whatever they ask, just do it to the best of your ability and just try your best to have fun.

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